Sam gritted his teeth as Dipper screamed, straining against the yellow light. "Stop!"
Knowing that Dipper had lied about his age didn't make this any better. If anything, it made it worse.
Sam was the one who was already a superhero. Sam was the one who'd already flown into near-certain death to protect other people, because that was what being a Nova was. Sam was older, even if only by a couple of years.
Sam wasn't the one who Dipper should be trying to protect, not like this.
And then Romat-ru told Dipper to scream, and all Sam could see was red.
[SAMUEL ALEXANDER, OF EARTH. YOU HAVE GREAT RAGE IN YOUR HEART.]
The red was not figurative.
None of them had noticed the red ring hovering among the debris, searching for a new master. Sam didn't notice it even after it started speaking, after it flew to him and slipped itself onto his finger. He couldn't think about anything else. All he wanted was to tear that guy limb from limb -
He opened his mouth, but this time what came out wasn't a desperate yell. Flaming blood spewed forth, the arc hitting Romat-ru in the side of the head.
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Knowing that Dipper had lied about his age didn't make this any better. If anything, it made it worse.
Sam was the one who was already a superhero. Sam was the one who'd already flown into near-certain death to protect other people, because that was what being a Nova was. Sam was older, even if only by a couple of years.
Sam wasn't the one who Dipper should be trying to protect, not like this.
And then Romat-ru told Dipper to scream, and all Sam could see was red.
[SAMUEL ALEXANDER, OF EARTH. YOU HAVE GREAT RAGE IN YOUR HEART.]
The red was not figurative.
None of them had noticed the red ring hovering among the debris, searching for a new master. Sam didn't notice it even after it started speaking, after it flew to him and slipped itself onto his finger. He couldn't think about anything else. All he wanted was to tear that guy limb from limb -
He opened his mouth, but this time what came out wasn't a desperate yell. Flaming blood spewed forth, the arc hitting Romat-ru in the side of the head.
[YOU BELONG TO THE RED LANTERN CORPS.]